Naturally Homemade Energy Bars 4: Chocolatey Quino...

I’ve been starting to feel caught in a looping time warp, or at the very least  like a broken record, given post after post of oat-brimming energy/breakfast bars. When our friend Brendan challenged me with a nut, soy, dairy, oat and wheat free energy bar, however, I couldn’t resist. Plus, the fact that I could not include my staple oats presented an opportunity to break free from the redundancy I was creating,...

Flapjacks Turned Energy/Breakfast Bars II: Apricot...

With October’s arrival, it’s begun to feel like autumn is finally beginning to edge into the foothills as well as the mountains. Crisp, nippy mornings, blazing gold aspens, and a faint but distinct hint of woodsmoke and pine floating its way into the occasional breeze. This past Sunday, we were handed reminders of both autumn’s transience and regal vibrance, waking shortly after 4 am for a “fun half...

Modified English Flapjacks=All Natural Energy Bars

If you’re not British, or at least an Anglophile, chances are your first association with the word flapjacks is a steamy stack of pancakes with a drizzling of real Vermont maple syrup (OK, there wasn’t really a need for quite so many descriptors there, but I was referring to one of my favorites!). Of course, if you do happen to hail from the UK and are reading this, then you may be presently associating the word...

Busy Athlete’s Black bean and Kale Quinoa, 3 ways,...

My friend Amanda (see Ironclad Resolution post) and I are collaborating on a project involving coordinating workouts and nutrition for endurance athletes. One of the most common struggles for endurance buffs, or any busy person who is health and fitness conscious, is finding time to focus on high quality nutrition while fitting in high quality workouts, alongside the usual busyness of life, job, family, etc. Here’s a...

Creamy Whole Grain Comfort: Brown Rice Pudding

For as long as I can remember, creamy rice pudding has been one of my favorite food soothers, especially when warm. But just like we favor hearty brown rice over it’s stripped-down counterpart, I wanted to explore ways of using brown rice for pudding, though white lends itself so much better to that creaminess  that’s somehow so comforting. This week’s experimenting has been a little bit tricky; I was going...

Ooooooats and Peanut Butter

As much pleasure as I’ve derived from the food feature stories I’ve had the chance to write up to this point, and as hard as I’ve worked on them (gaining invaluable but nevertheless rather painfully stinging lessons courtesy of the much deserved, prominent red slash marks in the editing and revision process), my biggest “claim to fame” in the world of food thus far has got to be getting to be the...